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  • Session 7: Writing Exercise

    Directions: prepare for submission the following exercise. Using one of the electronic braille software packages, transcribe into braille the following sentences. Electronic braille generated using a six-key Perkins emulator is the preferred format.

    For your submission, use the following format: braille your name, email, and institution in the top right-hand corner in the first space, with runovers in Cell Three. Begin brailling on Line Five.

    Submit your braille either via email. Electronic braille (Mac/PCBrailler, Duxbury, Edgar, Megadots, Pokadots) should be sent via email to rgotwals@shodor.org. You can also use the text box at the bottom of this page to submit your work. Simply cut and paste the braille into the box, then click on the "Submit braille" button.

    HARD COPY BRAILLE IS DISCOURAGED! We strongly recommend that you use one of many computer-based electronic brailling software packages. All hard copy braille should be sent to:

    Mr. Robert Gotwals
    The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc.
    923 Broad Street Suite 100
    Durham, NC 27705

    1 Find the value of each of the following:
    2
    3
    4 Verify that the following statement is true:
    5 Prove the following identity:
    6 Give the value of the following number:
    7 Write the logarithmic statement in exponential form
    .
    8 Formulate a precise definition for
    9 Divide the following numeral by the use of a comma. Does this help you read it?
    756928742059634291852089115762017215762
    10 Determine if the following statement is true. Give a reason for your answer.
    11
    12 Compute.
    13 What is the sum of the exponential values in
    .
    14 State the name of the following numeral in exponential form.
    750,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.
    15 Copy and complete so that the set is a set of equivilent fractions.
    16
    17 Solve:
    (2 x seven x seven) + (4 x seven) + (6 x one)
    18 Find the frequency of whose equation is given.
    19 If 2 is the multiplier, 3 is the multiplicand, and 6 is the product, their relationship may be stated as follows:
    20 The volume of a right circular cone is denoted by the formula
    21 The two boys can count to 1,000 and the three girls can count to 10,000.
    22 Use the number line to add +4 to +7.
    23
    24 Use numerals and the symbols <, > to write two true statements about the cardinal numbers in the pair of sets below.
       R = {Roger, Robert, Richard, Rufus}
       S = {Sally, Sandra, Sylvia, Sarah}
    25 Is line AB equal to CD? Is line ab equal to cd?
    26 Find the answer in sections VI to X.
    27 Divide
    28 The function of x is denoted by cos x.
    29 Turn 657 mins. into hrs. and then turn these hours into parts of days.
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